Iron County
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Oct 19, 2026
Amy BarrilleauxHOST
And that brings us to Line 5.
Amy BarrilleauxHOST
Just a few months ago in August, Enbridge spilled 1.3 million gallons of liquid natural gas from Line 5 in Iron County.
Amy BarrilleauxHOST
It remains to be seen what fine it might have to pay for that, along with a long list of other violations happening at its Line 5 reroute construction site since May, according to the DNR.
Amy BarrilleauxHOST
Joining me to talk about what the DNR is saying and what could be next, Clean Wisconsin attorney Evan Feinauer.
18 MINS LATER
Amy BarrilleauxHOST
What... is this area like where these violations are happening?
Evan FeinauerGUEST
Well, it varies a little bit in terms of some of these are in waterways, some are more, you know, forested areas.
Evan FeinauerGUEST
So the terrain and the geography changes a little bit, but in terms of zooming out, you know, this is up in Ashland County, Iron County, and it's this big kind of U-shape is the project.
Evan FeinauerGUEST
Cuts through across a bunch of rivers, a bunch of streams, a bunch of creeks that all, you know, run into that river shed there in the Bad River River Shed.
Steve VavrusGUEST
Wisconsin- northern Wisconsin has really had a lot of bad luck over the last few months.
Steve VavrusGUEST
They've missed out repeatedly on the heavy rains that have reached central and southern Wisconsin, so it's been a gradual buildup, uh, until just in the last two or three weeks it's reached this exceptional drought category across four Wisconsin counties, stretching from Douglas across to Iron County, and that's the highest possible drought intensity.
Steve VavrusGUEST
Only two years on record has any part of Wisconsin reached that
Kate Archer KentHOST
Right.
Steve VavrusGUEST
That means it's going beyond what we call meteorological drought, which is simply not enough precipitation, into some of these types of droughts that have societal impacts, whether they're, um, that type of, um, uh, water levels or ecological impacts or agricultural impacts.
Steve VavrusGUEST
So it's a reflection of just how serious this drought has become
Kate Archer KentHOST
And Katherine, looking at the DNR's website, the counties most affected by drought, like Iron County and, and Ashland, Bayfield, they don't currently have any burn restrictions in place.
Kate Archer KentHOST
What kind of conditions prompt a, a burn restriction?
Kenny GallagherHOST
And again, you've got parts of Douglas...
Kenny GallagherHOST
Bayfield, Ashland, Iron County, under exceptional drought, which is the most severe in the drought that the National Weather Service has posted.
Kenny GallagherHOST
And even extreme drought and severe drought.
Kenny GallagherHOST
So it helps.
Connie FellmanCORRESPONDENT
We're hearing more and more about the Enbridge Energy Company's work on a pipeline in Wisconsin's Northwoods and the growing controversy surrounding it.
Connie FellmanCORRESPONDENT
Enbridge is replacing about 41 miles of oil and natural gas liquid pipeline across Ashland and Iron Counties.
Connie FellmanCORRESPONDENT
The project has been in the works for seven years after a federal judge ruled Enbridge was trespassing on the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Reservation.
Connie FellmanCORRESPONDENT
The company was ordered to remove or reroute the line outside the reservation.
Connie FellmanCORRESPONDENT
Recently, multiple fires on Enbridge construction sites have destroyed company equipment.
Connie FellmanCORRESPONDENT
Now, as Civic Media's Maddie Schaefer tells us, Wisconsin's DNR is accusing the company of violating environmental laws.
Maddie SchaeferCORRESPONDENT
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued a formal notice of violation to Enbridge Energy Company over its Line 5 work in Iron and Ashland counties.
Maddie SchaeferCORRESPONDENT
The notice involves alleged permit violations during construction of the Line 5 reroute, along with environmental law violations related to an unpermitted bypass built around the August 25th spill site near Saxon, when an unoccupied vehicle rolled into an excavation site and struck the existing Line 5 pipeline releasing natural gas liquids.
Connie FellmanHOST
We're hearing more and more about the Enbridge Energy Company's work on a pipeline in Wisconsin's Northwoods, and the growing controversy surrounding it.
Connie FellmanHOST
Enbridge is replacing about 41 miles of oil and natural gas liquid pipeline across Ashland and Iron Counties.
Connie FellmanHOST
The project has been in the works for seven years after a federal judge ruled Enbridge was trespassing on the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Reservation.
Connie FellmanHOST
The company was ordered to remove or reroute the line outside the reservation.
Connie FellmanHOST
Recently, multiple fires on Enbridge construction sites have destroyed company equipment.
Connie FellmanHOST
Now, as Civic Media's Maddie Schafer tells us, Wisconsin's DNR is accusing the company of violating environmental laws.
Maddie SchaferCORRESPONDENT
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued a formal notice of violation to Enbridge Energy Company over its Line 5 work in Iron and Ashland Counties.
Maddie SchaferCORRESPONDENT
The notice involves alleged permit violations during construction of the Line 5 reroute, along with environmental law violations related to an unpermitted bypass built around the August 25th spill site near Saxon, when an unoccupied vehicle rolled into an excavation site and struck the existing Line 5 pipeline, releasing natural gas liquids.
Lee RayburnHOST
And since your issue has been out, Mike Beno, there has been some response to Natalie's cabin.
Lee RayburnHOST
It's Bear Camp on the Third Black Lake in Iron County.
Mike BenoGUEST
Yeah, this is not far from the flambeau flowage.
Mike BenoGUEST
Natalie is a career educator.
Kenny GallagherHOST
I mean, tomorrow's October 3rd.
Kenny GallagherHOST
But the freeze warnings are going to be in primarily the Upper Peninsula and then out towards Ashland counties, Iron County in Wisconsin.
Kenny GallagherHOST
And then we're just going to deal with frost advisories in Bayfield County and parts of Lake and Cook County.
Kenny GallagherHOST
Now, again, this weekend in Bayfield is the Apple Fest, and weather won't be that bad.
Craig ThompsonGUEST
You can go to UW-Madison.
Craig ThompsonGUEST
If you just want to Google the economic impact report, and on there, it breaks the state up into the economic impact in northeast Wisconsin, up Iron County, Forest County, Florence County, those areas.
Craig ThompsonGUEST
It demonstrates what the economic impact is up there.
Craig ThompsonGUEST
Northwest, all the regions of the state.
Kenny GallagherHOST
And again, the updated drought map has parts of Douglas...
Kenny GallagherHOST
Bayfield, Ashland, and this extends over into Iron County, Wisconsin.
Kenny GallagherHOST
It touches even parts of Sawyer County.
Kenny GallagherHOST
Exceptional drought.
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